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Yukio Mishima (1925.1.14-1970.11.25)

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twenty-six

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Rookie of the Year award

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literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts

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plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

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breastfeeding; nursing; suckling

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three years

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person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

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Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)

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seven

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nine; 9

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history of; experience of

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abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy

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to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)

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desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

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to continue writing

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to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

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bridge

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suspension bridge; viaduct; temporary bridge; mediation; go-between

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the very thing; itself

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novel; (short) story

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unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

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debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

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motive power; driving force

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to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse

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author; writer; novelist; artist

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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reaching; attaining; arrival

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I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

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where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

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to write a novel

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to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

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law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

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elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

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hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord

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foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation

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this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

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bag; satchel; briefcase; basket

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to go back

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regret; repentance; remorse

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

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to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

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sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops

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sticky; stiff; tenacious; persistent

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covering used to wrap a baby

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breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium

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since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

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I've got to be going; I must go

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remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding

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to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue

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